Breast-strap and yoke connector.



J. REIOHERT.

BREAST STRAP AND YOKE 0011111301011.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 22, 1911.

1,125,397. Patented Jan.19,1915.

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BREAST STRAP AND YOKE GONNEGTOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1911.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

BREAST-STRAP AND YGIKE CONNECTOR.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

Application filed May 22, 1911. Serial No. 628,798.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jenn Rmonnnr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Itacine, Racine county, Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Breast-Strap and Yoke Connectors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

T his invention comprises certain improvements in and relating to breast strap connectors and the like; and the objects and nature of the invention will be readily understood by those skilled in the art in the light of the following explanation of the accompanying drawings showing what I now consider to be my preferred embodiments from among other formations and arrangements within the spirit and scope of my invention.

An object of the invention is to provide a breast strap snap hook or connector with an improved formation, arrangement and construction for the connection of the martingale or other part thereto.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and in combinations and arrangements as more fully and particularly set forth hereinafter.

Referring to the accompanying drawings; Figure 1, is a perspective view of a combined breast strap snap and slide constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2, is an elevation of the structure shown by Fig. 1, the martingale loop being shown detached and separated from the snap. Fig. 8, is a perspective view of a modified arrangement of combined breast strap slide and snap provided with a martingale loop. Fig. 1,

is a perspective view of a roller breast strap snap hook showing a modified arrangement for the application of a martingale loop thereto. Fig. 5, shows a breast strap snap with a modified arrangement of martingale or other loop attached thereto by a loose or swivel connection. Fig. 6, shows a swivel snap hook having a modified formation and arrangement of loop pivotally joined thereto.

In the construction shown by Fig. 1, as well as in the construction shown by Fig. 3, 1, is a breast strap slide having depending arms in which the ends of the cross head 2, of a snap hook 20, are j ournaled or mounted to rotate, with the snap hook depending from the depending arms of the breast strao slide. In the construction illustrated the snap hook is provided with a swinging spring held guard 21.

In the construction disclosed by Figs. 1 and 2, I show the snap hook provided with and carrying a martingale loop 3, pivotally joined thereto to swing vertically. 'Ihe pivot 4, by which the martingale loop is joined to the hook and on which the loop swings vertically is preferably removably applied to the loop and to the hook so that the loop can be applied or removed as desired. The loop is preferably split, that is, is formed with a pair of separated alined laterally extended ends 30, perforated to receive the pivot and adapted to receive be tween them the part of the hook through which the pivot is passed. Peculiar advantages are attained by employing a removable loop with separated attaching ends or a side opening, inasmuch as the loop when so formed can be passed through a previously sewed loop formed at the end of the martingale and can be detached therefrom when the martingale is to be separated from the snap hook. By employing such arrangement and formation of loop, previously sewed martingales can be readily attached to and detached from the snap hooks when constructed in accordance with my invention, as will be understood by those skilled in the art. To provide for the attachment of the martingale loop, I show the snap formed with a rigid or integral arm 22, extending downwardly and outwardly from the upper end or head to a point below the adjacent depending arm of the slide, and there formed with a transverse eye 28, to fit be tween the ends 30 of the loop and to receive the pivot 4. The pivot 4, can be in the form of a headed screw passing loosely through the eye23, and having its threads meshing with threads formed in the perforation through one of the ends 30. If so desired, the hook can be provided with arms 22, and eyes 23, on both sides of the head thereof to permit attachment of the martingale loop to either eye, whereby the one hook will be adapted for use as either a right or left, as will be readily understood by those skilled in the art.

In the construction shown by Fig. 3, the head of the hook is formed with an opening extending transversely therethrough at enlargement 24, between the depending ends of the breast strap slide and to one side of the vertical plane of the guard and depending body of the snap hook, to receive the removable pivot pin 4-, passed through the laterally deflected separated ends 51, of the martingale loop 32, so that the loop can swing vertically on the pivot, with the upper or free ends of the loop receiving the snap hook cross head between them.

in the construction disclosed by Fig. 4, I

showthe snap hook formed at its upper end in one p.ece or integral with a rigid yoke 26', having the roller 5, mounted in the upper ends of the arms of the yoke At its lower outer corners the yoke is formed with transverse perforations or eyes 27, so that either corner of the yoke is adapted to receive a martingale loop and be removably coupled thereto by a removable pivot pin or screw forming a swivel connection between the loop and the snap hook. This loop 35, is

formed for attachment to and detachment from the martingale through the medium of a removable pin 37, passing through the perforations in the ends of the arms of the loop.

Tn Fig. 6, I show a snap hook 7, having a yoke 8, swiveled thereto and provided with a removable pin and roller 80, to receive the breast strap. 1 show this yoke 8, formed with a transverse perforation 81, arranged at the base of one of its arms, to removably receive a removable pivot pin or screw 4-, joining a vertically arranged and swingable loop 9, to the yoke 8. T he loop 9, is closed or continuous and is formed with a pair of rearwardly extending spaced arms 90, straddling the yoke arm at the perforation 81,

figures and themselves perforated to receive the removable pin on which the loop swings vertically. This vertically arranged swingable loop 9, can be attached to the snap hooks Figs. 1, and l, instead of the martingale loop, and the martingale loop of such can be attached to the swivel yoke snap of Fig. (3, instead of the vertically disposed loop shown thereon. F or some purposes it is advantageous to provide such a vertically disposed swingable loop as disclosed by Fig. 6, particularly for side backers.

The various loops are so attached to the snaps that the strain of the loops on the snaps will not interfere with the proper working and operation of the snaps in connection with the breast straps and yokes and will not cause breast strap slides to twist or unduly bear on the breast strap, and so that said loops do not in any way interfere with the snap hook guards and the easy operation thereof. The loops can be readily attached to and removed from the snap hooks and the arrangement is such that the snap hook can be used without the loop, that is, that the provision for the attachment of the loop does not in any way interfere with the operation of the snap hook whether or not the loop' is employed, and the loop can'be applied to or removed from either side of the snap hook without detaching the snap hook orany of the essential parts thereof, and the loop can be as readily removed from and inserted in' the sewed end of amartingale without cutting the stitching or in any way interfering with the formation of the martingale. Provision is made for attaching the loops at the proper position with respect to the snap hook and the part receiving the breast strap so as to properly distribute the .strain of the martingale on the breast snap slide or roller and the snap hook. For instance, it will be noted that the loops in the various constructions disclosed, are arranged between the breast strap receiving yoke and the bill of the snap hook,-close to or attached at the cross head at the upper end of the snap hook, and that the loops extend'laterally beyond a hook and .yoke and are free to swing vertically. I herein employ the terms yoke and slide as synonymous and to include either the element 1, of Fig. 1, or the elements 5, 26 of F ig.-4.-, and S, 80, of Fig. 6.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art, that when the devices illustrated, are in use applied to harness, the martingale loops extend upwardly at a rearward inclination from the pivots joining them to the breast strap and yoke connectors, and that the accompanying drawings do not show such loops in the positions assumed when applied in use, but merely show the loops hangingfromtheir pivots in the positions they will assume by gravity when the connectors are held by hand in the positions shown.

I have so located the martin-gale loop with respect to the various elements of the breast strap and yoke connector, as to perform the desired function of attaching the martingale, yet without interfering with the proper functions and operation of said various elements of the connector. I have entirely removed the martingale loop from the shank or stem of the snap hook so as to allow free play of said hook without interference from or by the martingale and yet so as not to prevent or interfere with the free and proper movement of the slide on the breast strap. The martingale loop is so located, as hereinbefore described, as to exert its direct .up-

ward pull approximately longitudinally of the snap hook and without exerting lateral pull on the hook or on the yoke or slide and without tending to twist the connector and cause lateral wear and cutting of straps connected therewith. 1

It is evident that various changes and modifications might be resorted to in the forms, constructions and arrangements of the parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the exact disclosure hereof.

WVhat I claim is 1. A combined breast strap snap and slide consisting of a verticallydisposed yoke formed to receive a breast strap, a hook depending from and pivotally coupled to said yoke and comprising a shank and a spring guard, a freely and vertically swingable martingale loop, a removable coupling pivotally and removably joining said loop to the snap and slide and located approximately at and transversely of the lower end of the yoke and spaced laterally a distance from the upper end of the shank and guard of the hook,'the said loop being arranged to extend beside said yoke to exert upward pull on and approximately longitudinally of said hook, as and for the purposes substantially as described.

2'. A breast strap and yoke connector consisting of a depending hook having a shank and a cross head, a breast strap yoke rising from and laterally enlarged with respect to said shank and transversely arranged with respect to said hook and pivotally joined to and at its lower end closed by said head, and a vertically swingable martingale loop pivotally joined to said cross head approximately at a lower outer corner of said yoke and spaced a distance laterally from said shank, said loop comprising a removable transverse pin whereby the loop can be inserted in or withdrawn from the sewed ends of martingales without cutting the stitching, said loop being swingable upsisting of a yoke to receive a breast strap,

a hook comprising a depending shank having an elongated top cross head pivotally mounted in said yoke and forming the transverse lower end thereof whereby said hook is swingable vertically on the longitudinal line of said head as an axis, a vertically swingable martingale loop, and an axis on which said loop is swingable, said axis consisting of a removable pin passing transversely through said loop and through an outer portion of said head remote from said shank, whereby said loop is pivotally joined to said connector approximately at an outer lower corner of the yoke thereof, said loop being arranged to swing up beside said yoke and exert upward pull on and approximately longitudinally of said hook.

4:. A breast strap and yoke connector consisting of a yoke to receive a breast strap, a hook comprising a depending shank having a cross head pivotally mounted in said yoke and forming the transverse lower end thereof whereby said hook is swingable vertically on the longitudinal line of said head as an axis, a vertically swingable martingale loop coupled to said head, and an axis on which said loop is swingable, said axis arranged transversely of an outer portion of said head remote from said shank, whereby said loop is pivotally joined to said connector approximately at an outer lower corner of the yoke thereof, said loop being arranged to swing up beside said yoke and exert upward pull on and approximately longitudinally of said hook.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN REICHERT.

Witnesses:

CHRISTIAN J oHNsoN, ALMA SORENSEN.

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